On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 11:16:34AM -0700, Bill Studenmund wrote:
> readwrite(int fd, void *buf, size_t nbyte, int flags, off_t offset)
> 
> and
> 
> readwritev(int fd, const struct iovec *iovp, int iovcnt, int flags, off_t
> 		offset)
> 
> The only difference between the two calls is that one takes a pointer to a
> buffer and a byte count, while the other takes iovec's.

Something that I've been wondering for a while, but never seemed important...

why not implement the first as a library call using the 2nd (using alloca
to create the one-element iovec)?

(actually, why not reimplent read/write in the same way?)

Regards,
	-is